Vahlodea_atropurpurea

<i>Vahlodea</i>

Vahlodea

Species of flowering plants

Vahlodea is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr.[2]

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Its native range is the subarctic (such as Greenland), to temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. From (Europe within; Finland, North European Russia, Norway and Sweden,) to Asia within (Japan, Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Magadan and Taiwan,) and in North America (within the Canadian provinces of; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec and Yukon and within the USA states of; Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming,) and also southern South America (within Argentina and Chile).[2]

The genus name of Vahlodea is in honour of Jens Vahl (1796–1854), a Danish botanist and pharmacist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of atropurpurea means "dark-purple coloured".[4] Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Bot. Not. (1842) Vol.141 on page 178 in 1842.[2]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, and they list Vahlodea atropurpurea as the known species.[5]

It was thought to be a synonym of Deschampsia P. Beauv.,[6][7] but a 2007 molecular phylogenetic study supported the recognition of Avenella and Vahlodea.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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    "Vahlodea Fr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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    Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
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    "Species of Vahlodea Fr". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  7. [7]
    Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2
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